| 释义 |
under-ˈutilize, v.
[under-1 10 a.]
trans. To make use of (equipment, resources, etc.) insufficiently or below the optimum level; to under-use. So ˌunder-utiliˈzation, under-ˈutilized ppl. a.
1954Newsweek 29 Nov. 89/1 Underutilization of capacity in some lines is inevitable for some time. 1958Economist 18 Oct. 204/1 Mr Amory may go on living down to his..nickname of Derick-or-little-by-little this winter (when industrial capacity may be unnecessarily under-utilised). 1964K. G. Lockyer Introd. Critical Path Anal. viii. 83 To increase utilization it is common practice to employ the under-utilized resources on another project. 1977Lancet 2 July 26/2 The cause of the lactic acidosis is almost certainly both underutilisation of lactic acid as well as overproduction. 1978N.Y. Times 30 Mar. a 15/1 The small-boat mariners have turned to the ‘junk-fish’, or underutilized species like perch and pollock, while waiting out the 12-day Federal ban on cod. |